nappy rash in 5 month old - bit young?

DD has horrible nappy rash come up today - shd i be worrie? been blasting it w sudocrem but i thought that u didn't really get nappy rash til 6 months plusshe had lots of dirty nappies y'day and first bath w baby bath bubbles sunday - cd either of those caused or isit likely to be an infection?

If she had lots of pooey nappies yesterday, then that could very well have caused it. Not sure where you heard that babies under 6 months didn't get nappy rash! If it's really bad, avoid sudocrem as it stops the skin from breathing. Lots of nappy free time is really good, and either fullers earth powder as suggested or metanium cream. If nothing else works, then a trip to the gp would be in order.

We use Metanium and it's the best thing by a mile! My 2 both suffered (from tiny babies) and it's the only thing that ever helped. They sell it in Boots. At other times I use lots of talc to keep the area dry and help prevent another sore bum.

Snarfle is right bepanthen is way better for nappy rash. Sudocrem is a good barrier cream to prevent nappy rash, but once they have it bepanthen will help clear it up.My ds had nappy rash at just a few days old due to useless unabsorbant nappies.

I tried metanium and it made DD shriek with pain. So I slather on plain Boots Zinc and Castor oil cream. The zinc dries stuff up and the castor oil is the barrier. It works really well and is much cheaper than all the other stuff with a myriad of medicated ingredients in them.

We use coconut oil, cos it's, you know, digestive system friendly/ non toxic plus has malic acid - meant to be healing and contained in breast milk - and makes him smell like the deliciously edible little macaroon he is. Am (philosophically) resistant to stuff which has an ingrediants list I wouldn't eat, because the skin absorbs stuff and you have to digest it. (Bit of a lentil weaver). Works for us, though!

DD is 21mo and we've just had horrendous nappy rash (from her having diarrhoea). We bought Metanium (over the counter at the pharmacy). Clean bum with warm water and cotton wool, dry and spread a pea sized amount of the cream over the nappy rash. Ours worked overnight and DD woke with just a pink bum rather than a red one.

Can I just say that one of the tricks to using a barrier cream is that you must not try to wash it off-especially with water.Use baby oil to remove the cream-we always used metanium for severe adult nappy rash,from backs of knees up. Clean their bum,and allowing free nappy time is great too! Ensure it is well dried. Slather on barrier cream of choice. You do not need to remove it during the day unless they do a poo. Just add more if needed. Remove with baby oil on a cloth in the pm. Then dry and add more cream.Trying to "rub" or "wash" the creams off will cause more skin damage or irritation. The creams act as a barrier to the moisture-they are not meant to wash off.